![]() “The Ukrainians have the personnel, but they have to be trained,” he said. “That'll be a very, very heavy lift,” General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday after a meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. ![]() officials have hinted at the importance of providing Russian-made equipment that is already familiar to Ukrainian troops, cautioning that it may not be possible to fully train Kyiv’s forces on the new Western systems in time to counter possible Russian offensives in the coming months. Mark Milley speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Nov. defense equipment is superior in both its proven reliability and the level of sustainment support it receives during its operational life.”įILE - Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. defense equipment, we offer what we consider to be a better alternative,” he added. “Insofar as offering our defense partners opportunities to purchase or receive U.S. “As a matter of protocol, we are not going to discuss details about the defense resources of sovereign nations or speculate about any support to Ukraine they have not already announced,” SOUTHCOM spokesperson Jose Ruiz told VOA by email Friday. Southern Command also declined to provide additional details. Richardson said discussions with six countries, in particular, “are in the works,” but did not elaborate. Southern Command, told a virtual audience Thursday during an appearance at the Atlantic Council in Washington. “We are working with the countries that have the Russian equipment to either donate it or switch it out for United States equipment,” General Laura Richardson, the commander of U.S. military officials overseeing operations and defense relations in Central America, South America and the Caribbean see an opportunity to persuade some of those countries to give up their Russian-made weapons and systems and send them to Kyiv. The latest round of military assistance packages for Ukraine, including billions of dollars' worth of Western-made armored vehicles and air- defense systems, is not stopping the United States from also trying to get the Ukrainian military Russian-made equipment.
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